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Never mind the Chevys; that's either a '57 or '58 Packard sedan at far right.

Packard had acquired South Bend's own Studebaker in 1954 but by 1956 had shut down manufacturing in Detroit. Packards for 1957-58 were simply Studebakers with leftover '56 and earlier Packard chrome bits. Maligned by the buying public as "Packardbakers," they proved unpopular and the Packard nameplate met its end after the 1958 model year.

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